How exposure to asbestos is still putting lives at risk – 20 years since it was banned
At least 5,000 deaths each year in the UK can be linked to asbestos exposure, despite the substance being banned in 1999...
At least 5,000 deaths each year in the UK can be linked to asbestos exposure, despite the substance being banned in 1999...
An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court...
The acclaimed new asbestos documentary “Dirty Laundry” is now available for the world to see. In the film, two cousins cycle more than 4,000 miles from California to New York, fueled by curiosity about their grandmother’s surprise death from mesothelioma...
These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease ...
Firefighters who tackled the Grenfell Tower fire are among those who may have been exposed to toxic fumes, with surviving children also at risk...
As a precautionary measure, and in line with the general legal requirement to prevent exposure to asbestos, the gauzes should be disposed of ...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been made aware that two UK laboratory supply companies have supplied schools and potentially other users with gauze mats which contain asbestos...
Military staff who worked on Sea King helicopters are being warned they may have been exposed to asbestos...